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9780892552092

Show Me a Hero Great Contemporary Stories About Sports

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  • ISBN13:

    9780892552092

  • ISBN10:

    0892552093

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-07-17
  • Publisher: PERSEA

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Summary

A collection of twenty-one sports stories which explore aspects of everyday life experiences.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
I. OUT OF BOUNDS
IDA
3(6)
Jim Shepard
Horse
9(21)
Ann Packer
Doc's Story
30(8)
John Edgar Wideman
What Did We Do Wrong?
38(11)
Garrison Keillor
II. DREAM TEAMS
Raymond's Run
49(8)
Toni Cade Bambara
The Hector Quesadilla Story
57(12)
T. Coraghessan Boyle
The 7--10 Split
69(10)
John Sayles
III. DOUBLE PLAYS
The Year of Getting To Know Us
79(18)
Ethan Canin
Coming To
97(7)
Nance Van Winckel
The Return of Service
104(9)
Jonathan Baumbach
Running Blind
113(4)
Thomas Fox Averill
IV. ONE ON ONE
Palais De Justice
117(10)
Mark Helprin
Off-Season
127(11)
Susan Straight
Offsides
138(13)
Marisa Labozzetta
V. SUDDEN DEATH
The Secret to Not Getting Stuck
151(15)
Jay Woodruff
Disappearing
166(4)
Monica Wood
Playing the Garden
170(9)
Chris Fisher
Revenge
179(16)
Ellen Gilchrist
VI. DARK VICTORIES
Doe Season
195(15)
David Michael Kaplan
The Girl Who Loved Horses
210(17)
Elizabeth Spencer
Yellow
227(32)
Don Lee
Biographical Notes 259(4)
Acknowledgments 263

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